Fragment of the flag surrendered to General George Washington by Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown [realia].

Record ID: 
132468
Accession number: 
MA 488.142
Published: 
[1781]
Credit: 
Gift of George L. Upshur, 1911.
Description: 
1 textile fragment.
Notes: 

The fragment is encased in plastic and affixed to a sheet of paper that also includes Upshur's letter (MA 488.143).
This item is part of a collection of letters and documents concerning the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis; see main record for MA 488-489 for more information.

Medium: 
silk.
Dimensions: 
1.6 x 2.1 cm
Provenance: 
Martha Washington; by descent to her great-great-great grandson, George L. Upshur; given by Upshur to Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Classification: